Liu Yan smiled and was about to speak. Zhu Yun answered: "Wang Mang is unpopular. How could he form a 100,000 volunteers' army?"

The so-called Volunteer Army referred to the people of great righteousness. What was the righteousness? No military pay, no armor, weapons, and even no military food. To put it plainly, it was to let people bring their own armor and weapons to help the court go to war with no reward.

Zhu Yun said: "The Thief Wang Mang also have self-knowledge, knowing that no one will willingly work for him without reward. So there are rules that the spoils seized on the battlefield, do not need handing in."

Liu Xiu's heart moved, and his eyes flashed obviously. Liu Yan said: "The Barbarian Army burned and looted in Yizhou Province, and it inevitably robbed a lot of property. This time Wang Mang formed a Volunteer Army, which is a rare opportunity for us."

It was an opportunity he had been waiting hard for.

Liu Yan wanted to recover the Han Dynasty, but with nothing, how could he do that?

With only one mouth, all his life was just talking. He needed money, a lot of money. With money in his hands, he could recruit troops and buy horses, form a Han Army, and then have the opportunity to overthrow the Thief Wang Mang and restore the Han Dynasty.

Money would not fall from the sky, and there was no inheritance from his ancestors. He could only rely on his own to work hard. This time Wang Mang formed a Volunteer Army, making it enter Yizhou Province to resist the southern barbarians. In his view, this was a rare opportunity to make money.

Liu Yan realized this, and Liu Xiu also realized this. He only pondered a little and then blurted out, "Elder Brother, I want to go with you!"

Liu Boji next to him heard the words and immediately got nervous, her small hands involuntarily grasped the sleeve of her third brother involuntarily.

Liu Yan looked at Liu Xiu and secretly nodded. Although his third brother was not so outgoing, he was not as weak as his second brother.

He said in a deep voice: "A'Xiu, you stay at home obediently. It's enough that I join the volunteers alone in our Liu Family. You don't need to join the battle!"

"Elder Brother, I ..."

"Okay, there is no need to argue about this matter anymore. Before Dad passed away, he was most worried about you and the Younger Sister. After I leave, your task is to take care of everything at home."

Liu Yan quite had the style of an elder brother.

Liu Xiu understood the elder brother's temper and knew that it was no use saying more now. He lowered his head and did not continue to speak.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yan thought he had acquiesced in his decision. He took the wine glass and greeted everyone on the scene: "Come here, let's all have a drink together. I wish that we will all return home with what we want from Yizhou this time. "

The people outside the Liu Family, including Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun, were all going to Yizhou Province to fight against southern barbarians along with Liu Yan. On weekdays, they all listened to Liu Yan.

Everyone raised their glasses and said the same thing: "To Bosheng!"

Liu Zhong was invincible, and halfway through the meal, he said goodbye to Liu Yan and others, and wobbled home. When the dinner was about to end, Liu Xiu pulled Liu Boji, and also said goodbye to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan sent the two of them out of the hall, then took Liu Xiu and walked a few steps to the side, whispered: "A'Xiu, my trip to Yizhou Province this time will be very dangerous. My life will be on the edge, if..."

"Elder Brother!" Liu Xiu frowned, interrupting Liu Yan's unlucky words.

Liu Yan nodded, grinned, smiled at him, and said, "During my absence, you have to take care of the Younger Sister. If you are free, remember to come home often and see your sister-in-law and nephew."

Seeing Liu Xiu lower his head, Liu Yan shook his fist and said with emotion: "The Thief Wang Mang usurped our Han Dynasty. As an offspring of the Liu Family, we are sure to fight against him. When we have the opportunity, we must take actions to rebel, to restore our Han Dynasty! "

Liu Xiu took Liu Yan's hand and said anxiously: "Elder Brother, you have drunk too much!" When he spoke, he also looked around the courtyard and whispered to Liu Yan, reminding him: "Be careful of eavesdropping!"

Liu Yan laughed, A'Xiu has always been low-key. Neighbors thought that A'Xiu was the same as his second brother, timid and afraid of things. But it was not the case. He said: "A'Xiu is cautious. I am not as good as you in this respect ."

After a short pause, Liu Yan took a deep breath, patted Liu Xiu's shoulder, and said, "Okay, take Younger Sister back. If you go home too late, uncle will blame you both."

Liu Xiu asked: "When is Elder Brother going to leave?"

Liu Yan smiled and said: "At least after Lian Dan and Shi Xiong led the army into Yizhou Province." Liu Yan knew that he weighed a few pounds. If he and his gang of friends entered Yizhou before the officers and soldiers to fight against the Southern Barbarian Army, they were sure to die. He had already calculated the plan. Letting the Lian Dan first enter the battlefield in Yizhou Province, and waiting for the officers and soldiers fight against the Southern Barbarian Army for a while, he then went to Yizhou Province to pick up the leak, grasping for the opportunity to gain what he wanted..

Liu Xiu made a sound, and he knew what was going on. When leaving his elder brother, he took the younger sister Liu Boji back to his uncle 's house.

On the way, Liu Boji took Liu Xiu's hand and asked, "Third Brother, is Elder Brother really going to fight against the Barbarian Army in Yizhou Province?"

Liu Xiu nodded.

Liu Boji asked again: "Is there any danger?"

Liu Xiu said: "There will be danger in fighting, but Elder Brother is very clever. He will wait for Lian Dan to enter Yizhou first. In this way, when he goes to Yizhou Province, he will not encounter a large number of barbarians. He will only face a broken army of not so many soldiers. "

"Third Brother thinks Lian Dan can defeat the Barbarian Army?"

Liu Xiu smiled and said firmly: "Lian Dan is good at fighting, and the Southern Barbarian Army is certainly not his opponent."

But in the latter sentence he did not say that Lian Dan was a brutal man, who did nothing kind and he was cold-blooded. Wang Mang sent Lian Dan to fight in Yizhou. He was afraid that the victims would not only be barbarians, but also the people of the province.

Everyone thought that Liu Xiu was an honest country boy, but few people knew that every time Liu Xiu went to the market to buy food, he always asked people what was happening across the country, who were clean officials, who were corrupt officials, and which general was good at fighting, which general was the wine bag and so on. He knew the information of every aspect.

Accumulated day by day and month by month, although Liu Xiu only stayed in the small place of Chongling village, he knew a lot about the world.

Lian Dan was a brave warrior of Wang Mang, together Wang Mang's sixth son Wang Kuang, was called the two sharp blades in Wang Mang's hands.

The sixth prince Wang Kuang was cruel enough, but compared with Lian Dan, he was much kinder. Later in the war to suppress the local uprising, Lian Dan's brutality was undoubtedly revealed. This was a later story.

Back at his uncle Liu Liang's house, as soon as he walked to the gate, he saw Liu Liang coming out of the door.

Liu Liang was already fifty years old, and his hair was pale. The old man had a disgruntled face and asked, "Why are you so late?"

Liu Xiu and Liu Boji behaved well to his uncle. Liu Xiu said: "Uncle, we had a conversation with Elder Brother after dinner and so we came back late."

Speaking of Liu Yan, Liu Liang got angry all at once. He seriously said: "Don't learn from your elder brother. He spends all day leisurely, and makes friends with all kinds of people. You will have to go to your elder brother's house less in the future. Maybe one day, those brothers and friends of your brother will violate the law, and you all have to be implicated. "

Although Liu Liang had bad temper, he was stiff, stubborn, like an old antique, but after all, the old man was old, and he was proficient in the world. What he said today should become the truth in the future.

Listening to the uncle's criticism of her elder brother, Liu Boji was upset, but she didn't dare to show it in front of her elders. The little girl yawned on purpose and said, "Uncle, I'm sleepy."

Liu Liang had no daughter and regarded Liu Boji as his own daughter. Seeing the tiredness of the little girl, he stopped nagging and urged: "Go back to bed to sleep!"

Liu Xiu asked the younger sister to go back first. After Liu Boji left, Liu Xiu said: "The Southern Barbarian Army invaded Yizhou Province and endangered the people. The court sent Lian Dan to lead the 100,000 soldiers. In order to suppress the Southern Barbarian Army, he will also organize a Volunteer Army of 100,000 people. Elder Brother is going to join the volunteers. "

Liu Liang immediately frowned and asked, "This is what your brother told you?"

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Uncle, I also want to follow Elder Brother ..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Liang's complexion changed and reprimanded: "Your elder brother is going to making trouble, and you are also going to play with him? There is a peaceful life, why should you join the army? Can you and he fight? "

The old man said more and more vigorously, stomping his foot hard, and said vigorously, "I will find him tomorrow!"

Liu Xiu sighed secretly and did not speak again. He knew that neither his uncle nor his elder brother would agree him to join the volunteers.

As the days passed, Long Yuan did not return, and the fighting in Yizhou Province had intensified.

General Lian Dan commanded 100,000 soldiers and entered Yizhou Province to confront the barbarians.

The reckless army of the new dynasty was actually the Han Army, and its weapons and equipment were no different from the Han Army.

If you asked how strong the Han Army was, at that time, it was definitely the world's top class.

Even in the late Western Han Dynasty, the fighting strength of the Han Army was still fierce. During the rule of Emperor Yuan, Chen Tang led the Han Army and defeated the Huns many times.

The combat effectiveness of a Han soldier on the battlefield was almost equivalent to that of five Huns.

The reason why the Han Army was so powerful was simple. It was well-equipped. The armor of the Han Army is was a blade armor, which was made of pieces of iron and strung them together to make armor.

The armor had a layer of cloth on the inside, cotton in the middle, and a thick layer of leather on the outside.

The soldiers put such flexible armor on their bodies, would not hurt themselves, and it could also play the role of double armor protection.

Based on the barbarian manufacturing level and production capacity at that time, it was difficult for them to break the armor of the Han Army. Therefore, in the battle against the Huns, a Han soldier could usually function as five Huns.

The Huns Army, known for its sturdiness, was so disparate in front of the Han Army. The combat power of the Southern Barbarian Army was not as good as that of the Huns Army, so it was even more difficult for them to win.

However, the generals of the Southern Barbarian Army were not fools. Knowing that the head-on confrontation was not likely to win the Han Army, they reduced a whole army to several groups. The army was divided into many parts and ran around in Yizhou Province.

In this way, not only did Lian Dan go all the way tiredly, but the key was that they could often cut off the Han Army's logistics supply line.

After Lian Dan led 100,000 soldiers into Yizhou Province, the early battle was not very smooth.

As a result, Lian Dan needed the assistance of the Volunteer army, and the demand for conscripting the volunteers had become more and more urgent.